Image copyright Zak Stone via Reuters Image caption Oregon Governor Kate Brown says the state could see the greatest loss of life and property from wildfires in its history The US state of Oregon is battling record-breaking wildfires, which have destroyed at least five towns.Three deaths in Oregon have been blamed on the wildfires, with…
STEPHANIE LECOCQ/Getty Leaders of the European Union reached a historic deal Tuesday on an $860 billion recovery fund aimed at the reconstruction of the 27-member bloc. By the end of a 4-day summit, the heads of states agreed on distributing 390 billion euros ($446 billion) in grants, and 360 billion euros ($412 billion) in loans…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders clinched an “historic” deal on a massive stimulus plan for their coronavirus-throttled economies in the early hours of Tuesday, after a fractious summit that lasted almost five days. European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen do an elbow bump at the end of…
In a statement, Toomey (R-Pa.) noted that the president “clearly has the legal and constitutional authority to grant clemency for federal crimes,” but said commuting Stone’s sentence was a “mistake” due in part to the severity of the charges against him. “While I understand the frustration with the badly flawed Russia-collusion investigation, in my view,…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…